Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria

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Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria
رئيس مجلس الشعب السوري‎
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Incumbent Vacant since 12 December 2024
Parliament of Syria
Appointer	Parliament of Syria
Inaugural holder	Ahmad al-Khatib (modern incarnation)
Formation	Constitution of Syria 22 February 1971 (modern incarnation)

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The Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria, (Arabic: رئيس مجلس الشعب السوري, romanized: Raʼīs Majlis ash-Shaʻb as-Sūrī), is the chair of Syria's legislature. signed documents and spoke on its behalf. Throughout its history, the Speaker had been responsible for representing the legislature. As of 2024, 30 people have served as speakers.

Election

The People's Assembly is elected every fourth calendar year. The first meeting of a newly elected People's Assembly is responsible for electing its Speaker.

Powers

The People's Assembly should meet at least three times a year, the Speaker has the power to convene an extraordinary meeting of the Assembly. The guards of the People's Assembly were under the authority of the Speaker.

Presidential elections

60 days before the term of the President expired, the Speaker can call for new elections. All presidential candidates had to be approved personally by the Speaker. If only one candidate was acceptable, the Speaker was supposed to postpone the elections. The election result was to be announced when the results were counted.

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Term	Convocation
Syria under the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (1917–1920) President of the Syrian National Congress (1919–1920)
1		Hashim al-Atassi (1875–1960)	11 December 1919	17 July 1920	National Bloc	1 (1919)	1st convocation (1919–1920)

2		Rashid Rida (1865–1935)	1920	1920	Independent	1 (1920)	2nd convocation (1919–1920)
State of Syria, part of the French Mandate (1922–1930) Speaker of the Constituent Council (1923–1925)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Term	Convocation
1		Badih Muayyad al-Azm (1870–1960)	12 November 1923	14 July 1925	Independent	1 (1923)	1st convocation (1923–1928)
Speaker of the Constituent Assembly (1924–1930)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Term	Convocation
1		Hashim al-Atassi (1875–1960)	11 August 1928	6 September 1928	National Bloc	1 (1928)	1st convocation (1928)
Syrian Republic (1930–1946) Chairman of the Council of Representatives (1932–1933)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Term	Convocation
1		Barakat al-Khaldi	7 June 1932	25 November 1933	Independent	1 (1932)	1st convocation (1932–1933)
President of the Chamber of Deputies (1932–1946)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Term	Convocation
1		Subhi Barakat (1889–1939)	January 1932	1932	Independent	1 (1932)	2nd convocation (1932–1936)
2		Fares al-Khoury (1877–1962)	21 November 1936	8 July 1939	National Bloc	1 (1936)	3rd convocation (1936–1943)
Vacant (1939–1943)
2		Fares al-Khoury (1877–1962)	17 August 1943	17 October 1944	National Bloc	2 (1943)	4th convocation (1943–1947)
3		Saadallah al-Jabiri (1893–1947)	17 October 1944	15 September 1945	National Bloc	1 (1943)	4th convocation (1943–1947)
2		Fares al-Khoury (1877–1962)	16 September 1945	22 October 1946	National Bloc	1 (1943)	4th convocation (1943–1947)
Syrian Republic (1946–1958) Speaker of the House of Representatives (1947–1949)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Term	Convocation
2		Fares al-Khoury (1877–1962)	27 September 1947	31 March 1949	National Bloc People's Party	2 (1947)	5th convocation (1947–1949)
Speaker of the Constituent Assembly (1949–1951)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Term	Convocation
4		Rushdi al-Kikhya (1899–1987)	12 December 1949	22 June 1951	People's Party	1 (1949)	6th convocation (1949–1953)
5		Maarouf al-Dawalibi (1909–2004)	23 June 1951	30 September 1951	People's Party	1 (1949)	6th convocation (1949–1953)
6		Nazim al-Qudsi (1906–1998)	1 October 1951	2 December 1951	People's Party	1 (1949)	6th convocation (1949–1953)
President of the Chamber of Deputies (1953–1954)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Term	Convocation
7		Maamun al-Kuzbari (1914–1998)	24 October 1953	2 December 1954	Independent	1 (1953)	7th convocation (1953–1954)
President of the Chamber of Deputies (1954–1958)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Term	Convocation
6		Nazim al-Qudsi (1906–1998)	14 October 1954	1 October 1957	People's Party	1 (1954)	8th convocation (1954–1958)
8		Akram al-Hawrani (1912–1996)	14 October 1957	22 February 1958	Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	1 (1954)	8th convocation (1954–1958)
United Arab Republic (1958–1961) President of the Chamber of Deputies (1958–1960)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Term	Convocation
1		Akram al-Hawrani (1912–1996)	22 February 1958	20 July 1960	Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	1 (1954)	8th convocation (1954–1958)
Chairman of the Council of Nation (1960–1961)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Term	Convocation
1		Anwar Sadat (1918–1981)	21 July 1960	17 September 1961	National Union	1 (1960)	1st convocation (1960–1961)
Syrian Arab Republic (1961–2024) President of the Chamber of Deputies (1961–1963)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Term	Convocation
7		Maamun al-Kuzbari (1914–1998)	12 December 1961	12 September 1962	Independent	1 (1961)	9th convocation (1961–1963)
9		Said al-Ghazzi (1893–1967)	17 September 1962	7 March 1963	Independent	1 (1961)	9th convocation (1961–1963)
Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council (1965–1966)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Term	Convocation
1		Mansur al-Atrash (1926–2006)	1 September 1965	24 February 1966	Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	1 (None)	1st convocation (1965–1966)
Speaker of the People's Assembly (1971–2024)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Term	Convocation
1		Ahmad al-Khatib (1933–1982)	22 February 1971	26 December 1971	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	1 (None)	1st convocation (1971–1973)
2		Fahmi al-Yusufi (?–2006)	27 December 1971	21 February 1973	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	1 (None)	1st convocation (1971–1973)
3		Muhammad Ali al-Halabi (1937–2016)	9 June 1973	8 June 1977	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	1 (1973)	2nd convocation (1973–1977)
3		Muhammad Ali al-Halabi (1937–2016)	18 August 1977	27 March 1978	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	2 (1977)	3rd convocation (1977–1981)
4		Mahmoud Hadid	30 March 1978	17 August 1981	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	1 (1977)	3rd convocation (1977–1981)
5		Mahmoud Al-Zoubi (1935–2000)	16 November 1981	15 November 1985	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	1 (1981)	4th convocation (1981–1985)
5		Mahmoud Al-Zoubi (1935–2000)	27 February 1986	18 February 1988	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	2 (1986)	5th convocation (1986–1990)
6		Abdul Qadir Qaddura (1935–2013)	19 February 1988	16 February 1990	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	1 (1986)	5th convocation (1986–1990)
			11 June 1990	10 June 1994		2 (1990)	6th convocation (1990–1994)
			10 September 1994	9 September 1998		3 (1994)	7th convocation (1994–1998)
			1999	2002		4 (1998)	8th convocation (1998–2003)
7		Muhammad Naji al-Otari (born 1944)	9 March 2003	18 September 2003	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	1 (2003)	9th convocation (2003–2007)
8		Mahmoud al-Abrash (born 1944)	7 October 2003	8 March 2007	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	1 (2003)	9th convocation (2003–2007)
8		Mahmoud al-Abrash (born 1944)	7 May 2007	7 May 2012	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	2 (2007)	10th convocation (2007–2012)
9		Mohammad Jihad al-Laham (born 1954)	24 May 2012	6 June 2016	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	1 (2012)	11th convocation (2012–2016)
10		Hadiya Khalaf Abbas (1958–2021)	6 June 2016	20 July 2017	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	1 (2016)	12th convocation (2016–2020)
11		Hammouda Sabbagh (born 1959)	28 September 2017	2020	Syrian Ba'ath Party (Syria Region)	1 (2016)	12th convocation (2016–2020)
			2020	2024		2 (2020)	13th convocation (2020–2024)
			2024	12 December 2024		3 (2024)	14th convocation (2024)

References

"Article 55". 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic. Government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
^ "Article 73". 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic. Government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
"Article 56". 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic. Government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
"Article 64". 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic. Government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
"Article 65". 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic. Government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
^ "Article 85". 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic. Government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
"Article 86". 2012 Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic. Government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
Enayat, Hamid; ʻināyat, Ḥamīd (24 June 2005). Modern Islamic Political Thought. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781850434658.
Thompson, Elizabeth F. (1 January 2015). "Rashid Rida & the 1920 Syrian-Arab Constitution". Routledge Handbook of Middle East Mandates.

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v t e Speakers of the Parliament of Syria since 1919
al-Atassi* Rida* Muayyad al-Atassi al-Khoury al-Jabiri al-Khoury Kikhya al-Dawalibi al-Kudsi al-Kuzbari al-Kudsi al-Hawrani Sadat† al-Kuzbari Ghazzi al-Atrash al-Khatib al-Yusufi al-Halabi Hadid Zuabi Kaddoura al-Otari al-Abrash al-Laham Abbas Sabbagh
*president of the Syrian National Congress †within the UAR

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